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Toronto producer Martin Katz of Prospero Pictures says the tragedy near Santa Fe, N.M., raises the question of whether the industry should start using more non-functioning firearms.

Summerland, B.C.-based motion picture and TV property master Dean Goodine predicts the industry will step up gun safety measures, like it did when Brandon Lee was killed by a bullet left in a prop gun on the set of 香蕉视频直播淭he Crow香蕉视频直播� in 1993.

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Katz wonders if the industry should use more realistic replicas, like 3D-printed models, and avoid showing them in extreme close-ups so audiences can香蕉视频直播檛 tell the difference.

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As Goodine describes it, prop guns are often real weapons that could fire a live round but instead are often loaded with 香蕉视频直播渂lanks香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播� cartridges with gun powder and other material to ignite a flame and sound but no projectile bullet.

On-set guns can also include electric revolvers and CO2-powered versions, similar to pellet guns.

Usually a professional weapons expert called an 香蕉视频直播渁rmourer香蕉视频直播� will be on set to test and take care of the gun and closely monitor the actor handling it, say experts.

Only the armourer or trained prop master or qualified crew member, along with the actor, are allowed to touch the firearm, says Goodine. The actor isn香蕉视频直播檛 given the firearm until the very last minute before filming, when everyone gets out of the line of fire, and never handles it during rehearsal.

Toronto producer Don Carmody says in most major jurisdictions in Canada, police officers supervise use of blanks or pyrotechnics on set. Camera crews are also often protected by a sheet of Plexiglas if a blank is fired.

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But problems have happened on home soil.

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Experts say in most cases, the muzzle flash and gun smoke could be easily replaced by sound and CGI, which is often preferable to an actual gun going off.

Goodine says in the past five years, gun scenes have been written out of a lot of the family projects he香蕉视频直播檚 worked on.

But he香蕉视频直播檚 also noticed prep periods being condensed and decisions being made at the last-minute, which pose a safety hazard for any gun scenes.

He advises film students not to race to be department heads, so they have the experience and confidence to tell a director not to do something that香蕉视频直播檚 unsafe.

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Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press

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